Mandela spends Christmas Eve in hospital
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 24, 2012 20:37
Ailing icon Nelson Mandela spent Christmas Eve in hospital Monday, sixteen days after he was admitted for a recurrent lung infection — his longest inpatient stay since he was released from prison in 1990.
Officials say the 94-year-old statesman, who also underwent a procedure to remove gallstones, is still recuperating.
There was no indication when he might be discharged.
“He remains in hospital, recovering,” presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj told AFP on Monday.
“I can’t say when he will be discharged, doctors will make that decision.”
Limited details of Mandela’s condition have been made public by the South African government, which has repeatedly called on the public to respect the former president’s privacy.
President Jacob Zuma visited Mandela on Saturday. Following the meeting he revealed Mandela was “responding to treatment”.
The Nobel Laureate was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on December 8.
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